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February 03, 2011

A very dear friend of mine just posted an album on Face Book called "Blast From The Past". Looking at the photos I reminisced about the good times in my life in that era! That thought brought about another..Isn't it sad that we frequently get so involved in the everyday things of this world we tend to forget those most memorable experiences with family, friends, places and things. Since I was sitting here in front of my PC, concentrating on business, that thought got translated to a blog category and Stampin'Up! TaDa!! The next regular category will be Blast From The Past! My original thought was to reveal some of the old cards and projects I've kept. Some are pretty laughable! Guess I could have stopped there, but I had a comment on my blog during the SUDSOL Tour about a project I had posted previously, and whether I had ever finished it! I did change it, but after the comment, I decided to edit it again and it has become by first Blast From The Past! Teresa Hafso, a Stampin'Up! Demonstrator from Canada suggested I add some Victoria 5/8" Crochet Trim with the brad. Wonderful idea!

Here's Life Is A Matter Of Moments revisited for the third time! I didn't change the inside, but it still coordinates! Now all I need to do is put it in my purse! I have a quite a collection of projects I've made that I haven't finished because the needed something else. I'll work some of those in too., but I think this one is done now. Thanks for all of your suggestions and comments! If you'd like the directions to this project, leave a comment with your name and email address. I'll get them to you. Thanks for looking!!

January 31, 2011

Hello! Welcome to Stampin' At Midnight! I'm pleased to be taking part in another SUDSOL Blog Tour. I've discussed SUDSOL here before, but just in case you're new to this tour, SUDSOL is a group/forum of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators dedicated to sharing and supporting one another 24/7. You'll find business ideas, samples, forms, tutorials and more.. For the Stampin' Up! Demo it's your upline, and your upline's upline. If you are a Stampin' Up! Demo, and you haven't joined, sign up for a trial membership to check it out. You'll be glad you did!

You arrived here from Carol Taggert's Blog, Stampin My Art Out. She's a fabulous designer and SUDSOL Member as well. Hard act for me to follow!! She's a SUDSOL member too. Her unique designs are perfect examples of the quality you'll see when you join this fantastic group. Be sure to take a good look at all of the blogs featured here today. They provide just a hint of the resources available to you when you become a SUDSOL Member.

One of the resources available to you as a SUDSOL member is the availability of hundreds of patterns, videos, tutorials, scrap-booking tips and layouts, business ideas and a vast gallery of samples, just to name a few. My goal on this tour is to show you projects like those that you would find on SUDSOL that you can make quickly and easily with just a few supplies. I used a technique from the Sudsol Video Gallery called Ribbon Ruche on the first project I'm showing here today.

You'll find most of the supplies needed to create this card in the Occasions Mini. The card base is Pink Pirouette Card Stock, embossed with the Framed Tulips folder and spritzed with "Shimmer Mist" made by using Shimmer Paint and a medium to produce an opaque glittered surface. I used one of the designs from Love Impressions Designer Series Paper layered with dimensionals over Pink Pirouette and Basic Gray, then added 1/2" Rose Red Seam Binding and a Springtime Big Designer Button as the final touch.

In the Patterns and Templates Gallery you'll find hundreds of "how-to-make-it" files, from bags and boxes to items like this Mini Album made with Stampin'UP! Clear Envelopes.

The dimensions of this album are 5-1/2 x 7-1/2. The instructions for the basic album are also found in the patterns and templates section of SUDSOL. I chose an embossed design from the Love Impressions Designer Series Paper for the cover. There are two each of two different single-sided embossed designs in the pack of 12 sheets. To accent the paper, I added Beveled Windowpanes, Whisper White Taffeta Ribbon, Shimmery White Card Stock and Glimmer Paper from the new mini.

I carried the hearts over to the inside flap of the cover, and inserted Whisper White pages embossed with the Framed Tulips Folder into each of the envelopes, then attached a velcro closure. Wouldn't this make a great gift for an engagement, wedding shower or anniversary?

If you're like me, you look forward with great anticipation to the latest catalog or promotion from Stampin'Up!, and can't wait to see the new stamp sets as well as the examples and ideas featured. Membership in SUDSOL is like getting a new catalog every time you check the gallery! I tend to use certain color combinations, standard folds and basic layers. In a rut? Need inspiration? You bet! I can find one of a kind cards at the click of a mouse! The last card featured here today is based on a technique I learned from a fellow demo's post in the Samples Gallery.

This technique is called Inlaid Embossing. I used two of my favorite colors, Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive along with Botanical Gazette DSP, and the new Pear Pizzazz 1/2" Seam Binding.

Stamps from Thanks For Caring and Easter Blooms round out the inside.

I hope you've enjoyed our tour. I've got more samples to share with you in my SUDSOL Gallery. If you are a Stampin'UP! Demonstrator, but not a member of SUDSOL, I hope you'll take this opportunity to register for your free trial membership through my blog. If you are not a demo, I'm glad you are taking the tour as well! I can tell you how you can take advantage of this great resource as well! Please be sure to leave your comments before you go to the next stop! If you need information about any of the samples I've presented, I'll be sharing the how-to in the days to come. You can find all of the products you need to create these projects, as well as a clearance rack, and more designs and videos through my Demonstrator Web Site. Check it out!

November 13, 2010

Life is a matter of moments isn't it? Appointments, obligations, work and daily routines. I confess I have a hard time keeping track of everything and everybody. I have moved into the 21st century. I have a FaceBook Page, I Tweet, I text, but I still struggle. Friends tell me they use the apps available on their phones to keep up. I can write it down in less time than it takes me to put it in the phone! With that thought in mind, and an idea from Patty Bennett and Andrea Walford, I decided to create something that would fit into my purse or jacket pocket without getting wrinkled or torn. Easier said than done! I've been working on this tin for almost two weeks, and I'm still struggling with it. The inside went together without a hitch,

but I can't for the life of me figure out what to do to the outside!

It sure needs something! I've thought about Antique Brads, Hodge Podge Hardware, less striped paper, less distressing, and more distressing, but nothing seems to work. I'm leaving it up to you! I'd like to get your take on it.

You can find the tins online by searching small tins, or metal containers. The calendars are available for printing on several sites. If you are a member of Sudsol, the files are there as well.

November 09, 2010

I'm typing as fast as my fingers will let me! It's seventy degrees here and I'm supposed to be outside painting! We still have a list of things that we should have finished before the snow starts to fly. Now I have to ask you... if you had to choose between stamps and paper, or painting, which would you choose?!! Nuff said!

Before I show you what I've made for today, I want to thank each and every one of you for your wonderful comments as you took the Royal Blog Tour these past few days. Keep in mind that the links will remain open for a time, so if you didn't get to see it all, you can still go to the Royal blog Tour page and take them one at a time, but you won't be able to link from Blog to Blog. If you didn't get to see all of the castles, I highly recommend that you do so.

I'll be notifying the winner of my Blog Candy this week and I'll post it here on my blog. Hope you win!

Oh-oh! My DH just came looking for me.."Are you ready yet?".. so I have to make this quick! I've spoken to you before about Sudsol. It's a forum for Stampin'Up! Demonstrators that is absolutely fabulous! I'd love for you to think that all of my ideas are original, but sad to say, they aren't always! If they aren't, I give a heads up to the person or blog that I found the project on. This particular pattern is one designed by a very talented lady, Paula Goff! She submitted it to Sudsol and today I had the opportunity to design my version, submit it to the Sudsol site and possibly earn some "free time". I don't know if I've done that yet, but here's my version. I changed the original to fit my design. I added a calendar and some embellishments to the inside of the holder. If you'd like directions for making your own, leave a comment and I'll email my version to you.

Here we go...

You can make this into a larger folder as well. It will fit any pad you choose, or make your own note pad by cutting your paper to size, then staple it together and embellish as I did below.

I used Deck the Halls Designer Series Paper, Early Espresso and Cherry Cobbler Card Stock, Early Espresso 1/8" Ribbon, a calendar printed from Sudsol Patterns, and ordinary copy paper cut to size for the pad.

I'd be more than tickled to be your source for the supplies you need to make this great little gift item. Shop my online Stampin'Up! Demonstrator Site or send me an email at judyelting@stampinatmidnight.com for a customer direct order. If you're a demonstrator and aren't using Sudsol as your number one resouce check it out! If you're not, I can help you with that too! Join my team. Start today!

October 13, 2010

I'm calling today's post Spooky for more than one reason!! I wanted to make something for Halloween, but getting it ready has been just plan spooky all around! I've tried to take photos which turn out blurry or skewed. I've followed the directions explicitly and still made this box backwards twice! You can't see that it is, but I know it's there!! I don't believe in spooks, so I guess I'd have to lay it all on operator error. Nothing Spooky about that! Of course it could be that I'm just rusty since it's been so long since I updated my blog!

I found this box design by Mary Brown and decided it would be great for what I wanted to try. Under normal circumstances it's easily made, using one sheet of 12x12 cardstock. I changed it a bit to suit my design and it's a good thing, otherwise the backwards part would show! The stamp sets I chose are Wicked Cool (120600 C) and Greeting Card Kids (120633 C). Of course I had to use the Big Shot (113439) with the Spider Web Textured Impressions Embossing Folder (120889), Wicked Fun Specialty Paper (117400) and the new Glimmer Brights (121006). It will easily accomodate six cards and envelopes, but I stopped with the four below.

I think you can see from the sneek peek that these designs are a bit skewed as well! I'll elaborate on that starting tomorrow.

September 13, 2010

I've had this book done for several weeks, and I've been trying to decide whether to use if as an exclusive design for a class that I'm taking or to put it here for you. I was one of five demonstrators involved in a Holiday Mini Extravaganza last week, and since several of the products I used to create the book are from the Holiday Mini, I decided to display it there. My photos don't depict the actual look of the binding, but I had questions about how I got the leather to attach to the book. Some thought it wasn't leather, but thought it must be some really hard technique. What do you think it is? I'll be looking forward to hearing your thoughts!

Among the items I used are Autumn Spice Designer Series Paper (120808), the Extra large Decorative Label Punch (120907), Always Artichoke 1/2" Seam Binding (121000) all from the Holiday Mini. The stamps are Sense of Time (113804), and Elements of Style (118611 W/120045 C). Of course I had to use the Big Shot and the Top Note Die (113463). Additional accessories included are Paper Daisies (119243), Build a Brad (109128), Antique Brads (117273), Metalic Brads (119741), Crochet Trim (118481), and Distressing Essentials (118762). I highly recommend adding these items to your Stampin'Up! Supplies.

Here's another look at the "leather". You won't believe how easy it is to create by using two simple items you probably have and two tools that everyone has. Click on the picture to get a better look, then send me an email or leave a comment with your thoughts. I'll show you the "how-to" tomorrow.

August 01, 2010

Hello! Welcome to Stampin' At Midnight! I'm pleased to be taking part in another SUDSOL Blog Tour. I've discussed SUDSOL here before, but just in case you're new to this tour, SUDSOL is a group/forum of Stampin' Up! Demonstrators dedicated to sharing and supporting one another 24/7. You'll find business ideas, samples, forms, tutorials and more.. For the Stampin' Up! Demo it's your upline, and your upline's upline. If you are a Stampin' Up! Demo, and you haven't joined, sign up for a trial membership to check it out. You'll be glad you did!

You arrived at my blog from Teresa Hafso's Blog. She's a SUDSOL member too. Her unique designs are perfect examples of the quality you'll see when you join this fantastic group. Be sure to take a good look at all of the blogs featured here today. They provide just a hint of the resources available to you when you become a SUDSOL Member.

And now on with the tour..

My first example features a four piece set called Greeting Card Kids. (119887W/120633C) Aren't these faces adorable? The designs are reminiscent of bygone days and are sure to produce smiles and fond memories for your recipient.

The image in this quick little card is stamped in Early Expresso, then clear embossed and colored with Stampin'Write Markers using the new core colors introduced in this catalog. The Square Lattice Textured Impressions Folder and Sandy Speckles Wheel add texture and dimension to the background layers. The ribbon is Stitched-Poly Concord Crush. The sentiment is from Word Play,(120651C), a set of 12 sayings that are a must have!

My next project features Tooth Fairy (119216W), Celebrations Designer Series Paper, Pacific Point Card Stock, Vintage Tags, The Scalloped Envelope Die, and the Petal Card Extra Large Double Punch. You'll want to make two. One to hold the tooth, then a second to hold the Official Tooth Fairy Seal, and the cash of course! Did I hear somebody say twenty dollars?!

The tooth goes into the Petal Card, then into the personalized envelope that has been lined with DSP, laced and tied with Real Red 1/8' Ribbon. Slip it under the pillow, then the "Tooth Fairy" will pick it up and replace it with this:

The Cash and the Official Seal! That settles it! There is a Tooth Fairy!

For my last project, I've chosen a very elegant, but very simple card using one of the Simply Sent Card Kits called Sweet Hello (118710) paired with the stamp set Hello, You (117118W). This set comes complete with a stamped, dry embossed card, and pink satin roses with pearl centers for you to add where ever you desire. I stamped the sentiment in Early Expresso, clear embossed it, and the card is complete. It can't get much easier than that. Personalize it a bit more by adding Basic Pearls (119247).

I hope you've enjoyed this blog tour so far. Once again I remind you to try SUDSOL . You'll never regret it!

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you'll become a follower, and come back often.

May 22, 2010

Spring has arrived in all of it's glory! After what seemed to me to be a very long winter, it is such a joy to see leaves on the trees and green grass interspersed with splashes of color as the flowers burst forth from their winter hide-a-way. Problem is, around here if it is a plant and it needs to be watered, fed, or nurtured, it's going to die! There are no green thumbs in this house, and even if there were, the deer, rabbits and my Darling Husband on his John Deerechomp them off to the ground! I refuse to be defeated. I plant my hanging baskets and flower boxes with beautiful, varmit proof silk! Bug proof, mower proof, and no watering required! Works for me! When I do get an urge to work with flowers, I pull out my paper, punches, and whatever else I think I might need and have at it!

There is a term in this business called CASE. Without getting too technical, it means seeing someone else's project, then copying it, or using their idea and adding to it, orchanging it a bit to make it your own. If possible, I contact the person that designed what I saw to get permission. I also try to give credit where credit is due. I first saw this type of flower on Lynn Larson's Blog. Since then, I've seen dozens of samples of 3-D roses, carnations, petunias, daisies, and other flowers. This is my version.

Use your bone folder as you would with curly ribbon, to "curl" each petal of the punched flower. I rotate the flower several times to break the fibers of the card stock, making it more pliable.

Curled Petals:

Layer the petals as shown:

Pierce with piercing tool:

Insert Brad:

Begin shaping the flower by gathering the first petal around the brad.

Repeat with each petal.

Gathers complete:

Embellish the flower with chalk or ink, or Smooch Spritz.

I used Pretty in Pink card stock, Rose Red classic ink for shading, then followed that with Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz.

Try making these flowers using your favorite Stampin'UP! Designer Paper. Use your small circle punches or use your Big Shot and your favorite floral die or embosslit to create a bouquet of your favorite flowers - the perfect touch for your cards, gift bags, jewelry, ornaments and more. You can find all of the materials you need to create these flowers and more when you shop my Stampin'UP! Store. Questions? Let me know and until next time...Happy Stampin!

May 15, 2010

Hello and Welcome to Stampin' at Midnight! You might be wondering "Who" or "What" is Sudsol. As an Independent Stampin'UP! Demonstrator, it is my pleasure to promote the very best products in the rubber stamping industry. I am committed to making sure your stamping experience is relaxing and fun, and to helping you make the most of your creative endeavors. I rely on the training available to me through Stampin'UP!, and I rely on Sudsol,Simply Unique Demonstrators Sharing Online, as well,to keep me current in all aspects of the paper crafting industry. Sudsol members provide whatever solution I might need for any situation 24/7. I can get answers to your "tough to answer" questions, new ideas, tutorials and techniques to help me plan my events. I can join discussions about any part of this business, and even find understanding and support from unbiased, level headed Stampin'UP! Demonstrators when I need it. Imagine all that, plus being able to view exclusive designs and techniques daily! It just doesn't get much better than that, and today you will get to see what I'm talking about!

I am very excited to be a part of this tour, and to share my designs with you. Each one of my projects is easy to create, suitable for a class or workshop and uses multiple products. I've prepared two cards and an Onboard Briefcase Album with a different twist, so let's get started!

Builder Wheel Birthday

I was intrigued by the Builder Wheel and decided it was a must have. To my notion, the possibilities are endless. The hardest part of this card was trying to decide what color combination to use for the Uninked Triple Cell Cartridge! Given all of those possibilities, I'm going to have to stock up on cartridges.

Technique:New way to apply Smooch Spritz: I wanted to add some glitz to the candles, stars and flowers, but didn't want it for the entire card. I sprayed a small amount of Gold Glow Smooch Spritz into a water bottle cap, then used my water color brush to apply it to the stars, flame, candle bases, flower centers and tags. I did the same with Silver Foil for the icing on the cupcake.

Elements of Style Watercolor

I don't know if the image here is a wild rose or not, but that's the way I see it. Soft and delicate pinks and yellows. I chose Confetti White Card Stock and the Color Spritzer Tool to add a bit of "age" to the design. The background is done using the Very Vintage Wheel from the Occasions Mini. You could achieve a similar look with the French Filigree or Bella Toile background stamps. I also added a bit of shimmer with Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz.

To make this card, you will need the following supplies:

Card Stock: So Saffron, Confetti White, Watercolor Paper

Stamps: Elements of Style, Watercolor Trio

Wheels: Very Vintage

Ink: Black Stazon,Old Olive, More Mustard

Watercolor Crayons and Markers: Regal Rose, Pretty In Pink, Rose Red, Old Olive, Certainly Celery, So Saffron, Close To Cocoa, More Mustard

I bought this Briefcase Album and the Travel Journal DSP thinking Father's Day, but decided it would be great for a Brag Book, Address Book, or Personal Journal for me! I love these Presto Papers, and have been dying to see what they would look like using black. Here's my take on the On Board Briefcase. My photography doesn't reflect the beautiful contrast between the black and the Pretty in Pink Taffeta Ribbon, or the Silver Foil Smooch Spritz on the flower. This would make a great class for your scrapbook club.

When you finish this tour, you will have seen only a few of the "one-of-a-kind" projects available to you at Sudsol. If you're a Stampin'UP Demonstrator, and would like to see more, you can do so here. You can view my gallery of designs for Sudsol as well. If you aren't a Stampin'UP! Demonstrator, and you would like to see more, there's information for you here.

Finally, before you go, Freebies!! Blog Candy from the Occasions and Summer Mini Catalogs. Your choice of either LIttle Angel, or Vintage Labels Clear Mount Stamp Sets, or a Smooch Spritz Color of your choice. To enter the random drawing, you must subscribe to my blog and then leave a comment here with your name, and email address in the body of the comment. I'll get back to you mid-week.

August 27, 2009

The Bushnell Prairie City Class of 1959 is holding their 50th Class Reunion with festivities starting today. BPC Class Reunions are usually held in conjunction with what we call the Fall Festival. It's a grand celebration showcasing Bushnell and the surrounding area. There's food, fun and dozens of free activites. Yesterday the focus of the festival was on the carnival rides, and special family rates. It's a great time for the mom's and dad's, grandmas and grandpas, friends and neighbors to stroll the main streets meeting and greeting, and catching up on what's been happening since they last met. Today the main events start with a parade,and the Class of '59 will be there in full force with three entries participating. I'll follow up with pictures of that later in the week.

The committee for the class reunion has been working on organizing events and contacting classmates for over a year now. My husband is a member of the class and the committee which gave me the opportunity to help out too. I got an email immediately following the first meeting telling me that I had been volunteered..but not to blame my husband..LOL ..A fellow classmate did it for him! She's an avid stamper and designer, so we put our Stampin'UP! stash to work and between the two of us, we came up with the centerpieces and accessories you see pictured here. We've had a great time working together, and getting to know each other better, and getting to try out a BUNCH of Stampin' UP! products until we found just what we needed for our decorations. The labels for the records were made using the Circle Scissors, and the napkin rings and candy cups were made using the Perfect Settings Die.

You have to remember that the 50's were a bit different than today..If you can remember it that is...LOL ... Life was a bit more simple then. I suppose you could use CDs and DVDs for table decorations, but I imagine when the Class of 2009 holds their 50th, they'll be looking for a lot of IPODS, Blackberries and Hollister Shirts...For the Class of '59 it's about carhops and car trays, white bucks and saddle shoes, penny loafers and ivy league slacks with the buckle on the back, poodle skirts, can-cans, drive in movies, roller skating, sock hops, and just hanging out on the "square". Those were the days!

Oh yeah, back to the Perfect Settings. If you grew up in the 50's you remember that Rock n' Roll played a big big part in changing our world. We spent lots of time in our living rooms listening to and dancing to the 45s. Then the LPs came and the HiFi Sets. No one wanted to part with their Elvis or The Platters or Chubby Checker records, but we managed to find enough 45s and LPs to complete our centerpieces. Not everything is Stampin'Up!, but the Big Shot, the Perfect Settings Bigz XL Die and Circle Scissors sure did come in handy! I used my Cricut for the numerals. Just goes to show you that you don't have to restrict your tools to stamping only. Think out of the box.

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